Some positive interventions announced here, but without seeing the full #RoadSafetyStrategy it's hard to know if it goes far enough on ending #ExceptionalHardship, improving enforcement, and designing safety rather than speed into our road layouts #SaferStreets #RoadCrime

If you build it, they will come #ActiveTravel

York university study reveals £180 million potential savings from Bradford's #CleanAirZone - reduction in respiratory & cardiovascular primary care visits. Meanwhile in Greater Manchester…

London is getting #ActiveTravel right. But a lack of political will and backsliding means we’re not seeing the benefits of people being more active elsewhere in the UK

NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨This time, we're talking Outputs, not Outcomes and England's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with Xavier Brice of @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...

New episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social out, covering #CWIS3

Meanwhile the DfT responds to this with an underwhelming draft #CWIS3 We cannot afford *not* to invest in #ActiveTravel

IIRC they’ve taken the bus gate out of the #Heywood town centre regeneration scheme, so my question for TfGM is how this will actually deliver on bus prioritisation? @walkriderochdale.org.uk

It’s fine having a sign up saying “All cycles and scooters must be secured outside” but to what? #HeywoodLibrary

Just a reminder that the #CWIS3 consultation closes on Monday. If #ActiveTravel is important to you, please respond using the @cyclinguk.bsky.social guidance here @walkridegm.org.uk

Bus journey *time* down, obviously

Local Authority #ActiveTravel capacity ratings 2025 are out today. Good that @greatermcr.bsky.social has retained a Level 3 rating, but a combined rating gives the less engaged GM councils a cloak to hide behind - we need individual ratings for 2026 @ategov.bsky.social

Promising initial data from the #Oxford - city centre footfall up, city centre traffic and bus journeys down. Yet more evidence that if you want to make #PublicTransport work, it's not if you need a #CongestionCharge but when. We need this in Greater Manchester. @walkridegm.org.uk

More on #CIWS3 from @lauralaker.bsky.social

The #CWIS3 backlash continues - multiple organisations petitioning for clearer targets, strategy and funding, brining #ActiveTravel in line with driving & rail If you’ve not done so, respond to the consultation @cyclinguk.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.

Well done @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social! @triciaayr.bsky.social

@rochdalecouncil.bsky.social’s advancements over the year were rewarded with the Most Improved Council prize – acknowledging their commitment to continuing with the Castleton scheme for the greater good despite noises from a vocal minority of objectors.

Good interview between @LauraLaker.bsky.social and @ChristianWolmar.bsky.social about #CWIS3 @callingallstations.bsky.social The deadline for the consultation is 15 Dec - if #ActiveTravel is important to you, please respond ASAP using the @cyclinguk.bsky.social guidance @walkridegm.org.uk

The consultation on #CWIS3 is open until 15 Dec - this is massively disappointing and potentially represents a huge backward step for #ActiveTravel. Make sure you respond to day this isn’t good enough - advice how to respond from @cyclinguk.bsky.social here

Excellent work by Manchester City Council on this - these have apparently been very popular and there is already a long waiting list. It would be great to see some #BikeHangars in Rochdale - have we got any already? @triciaayr.bsky.social

Manchester next? @walkridegm.org.uk

The MP for Heywood & Middleton North has tabled an amendment (detailed here) to the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill to tighten PHV rules, to move to a ‘license where you operate’ model. Worth an email of support to your MP? #TaxiLicensing

So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.

Consultation on statutory consultees for #Planning, increasing the threshold for consulting #ActiveTravel England & removing need to consult on commercial property This bakes in #CarDependence in a country where 1:4 households lack a vehicle, and many adults cannot drive @walkridegm.org.uk

More evidence that carrot and no stick does nothing to encourage #ModalShift. Greater Manchester’s politicians need to be braver and bring in the #CleanAirZone and #CongestionCharge the city so desperately needs

Good stuff from @chrisboardman.bsky.social in the latest @callingallstations.bsky.social about the transformative effect, particularly for women, of #BigBirminghamBikes - would be great to see a similar scheme in @Rochdalecouncil.bsky.social @triciaayr.bsky.social @walkrideGM.org.uk

#GreaterManchester, would you like a calmer, safer, less polluted journey to school? #SchoolStreets reduce traffic and #AirPollution around schools and encourage walking, cycling & scooting. Get in touch with our GM Co-ordinator Liz at [email protected] if you want this at your school!

#CongestionCharging works.

The #Oxford #CongestionCharge is already having a positive effect because its political leaders had the bravery to see it through. The evidence is that this works & make public transport more attractive. All councils should have powers to implement congestion charging @walkridegm.org.uk

Tonight is the #Heywood township meeting where the #HopwoodTriangle scheme is going to be discussed. This should be an easy win to remove a terrible rat run and make people’s lives better. Let’s hope it’s approved.

This includes several communities in @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social including Norden, Bamford, Heywood, Littleborough and others #A-RoadBetweenUs #HighwayHalves

Today, Oxford’s #CongestionCharge is due to come into force. Meanwhile, in Greater Manchester we have both rising private vehicle use and poor air quality

👀 "The government will back bus services with further funding for local authorities, which will be agreed in the coming weeks."

The #BusBill is a great step forward in improving local #PublicTransport but this must be met with adequate funding or it will achieve little.

Phase 2 of the #CastletonBeeline well underway!

We call on #GreaterManchester’s politicians to start taking #ActiveTravel seriously again & restore the #MadeToMove vision with the economic, health & air quality benefits this brings. It’s often said Manchester does things differently. Here, it lags behind other British cities.

The green areas on this map were meant to be #ActiveNeighbourhoods and fill the gaps between the main road #BeeLine routes. But almost all have been abandoned, after huge amounts of work, in the face of political indifference and sometimes antisocial behaviour #MadeToMove

Seven years into #MadeToMove very little of this vision has been delivered. This will go down as a huge missed opportunity to make travel cheaper and improve health and air quality in #GreaterManchester. We call upon the city’s politicians to restore the vision #BeeNetwork @walkridegm.org.uk

This is the question that we need to ask Cheshire East councillors.

Neighbourhoods where children are safe to play out are better for everyone - so why aren’t we accelerating #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods? @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Bus strike mania has hit Manchester This week Oxford Road saw the most cyclists in a single day EVER Nearly 4000 people used the route on Monday

Plenty of research gathered on the subject by @cyclinguk.bsky.social:

If you scroll aaaall the way to the bottom they've managed to put in *one* positive comment. Please can we have a bit more balance and research next time, @manchestereveningnews.co.uk? It's a well-evidenced fact that schemes like this are good for businesses and residents.

Read more about our demands for Safe Active Travel for Women & Girls in Greater Manchester via our blog. www.walkridegm.org.uk/2025/08/27/s...

At Walk Ride GM, we’ve had enough. If you would like to join Walk Ride GM’s working group to campaign on this issue, please contact us at [email protected].

Evidence shows more women cycle when our highways and public spaces are designed with women’s perspectives and lifestyles at the forefront, including ‘trip-chaining’ between various destinations. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...